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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Georgia rates for HCPCS 33924

Tying off and taking down a shunt, an artificial connection made at an earlier operation between a body artery and a lung artery to boost blood flow to the lungs. It is done during a later heart operation once the shunt is no longer needed, and is billed in addition to that operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$372 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$708 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,586Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $302 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $407

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Georgia· 19th of 51

$501

WI $1,175NY $302

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.